Robert Boucheron
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Robert Boucheron
@rboucheron
Short stories and essays in Alabama Literary Review, Bellingham Review, Fiction International, Literary Heist, Saturday Evening Post.
Charlottesville, Virginia Katılım Ağustos 2014
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Rivanna Review, Issue 14, is laid out and proofread once. Another proofreading, and it will go to the printer for December 1 publication. Five stories, five essays, six book reviews, and as always, the News from Hapsburg. To get a copy, visit rivannareview.com
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@lesliepwriter A long passage in italics, like a long passage in parentheses, or a long aside or footnote, makes me ask if the writer is in control of her material. Maybe the passage can be omitted, or maybe it can be integrated into the main argument or narrative.
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Serious question for writers/readers! How much italics is too much? How long can a passage be before you roll your eyes in irritation and start skimming? Or am I the outlier who's annoyed, and I really, truly can put a (2+ page) section of this long story in italics???
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@lesliepwriter As an editor, I often see bad titles attached to good essays and stories. When I suggest other titles, the author usually agrees.
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Yes, this! Don't toss up your hands and say, "I'm bad at titles." Learn to be better and more intentional with titling. It's a skill that can be picked up, not a genetic trait you have or don't have.
Maureen Langloss@MaureenLangloss
Titles are so important for getting an editor or reader's attention. I'm always amazed how often readers/editors comment on titles when reading subs on Submittable. They are constantly critiqued. "I loved the story/poem but not the title" is a comment I've read over & over.
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@lesliepwriter One character at the table is suddenly seized by an epileptic fit or a case of the willies. The table begins to vibrate, as if in an earthquake, throwing everyone into confusion. A new person enters and accuses the others of secretly plotting against him/her.
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All my characters seem to do is sit around a table and talk. Get up, people! DO SOMETHING! (Writing advice welcome.)
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@lesliepwriter As a teenager, I played the original cast recording over and over and unwittingly memorized all the lyrics.
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Who can leave this site when it's still possible to get lost in a fabulous thread like this? Look whaddaya talk?
Kelsey Kramer McGinnis@kkramermcginnis
Trying to see something: If I say, “We’ve got trouble! Right here in River City! With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for POOL!” Do you have any idea what I’m talking about? @MBurtwrites and I need to know if my cultural lexicon is too weird 😂
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Rivanna Review, Issue 13 is available by subscription or free PDF via email - visit rivannareview.com. Issue 14 is open to new stories, essays, and art until November 1.
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Rivanna Review, Issue 13 is here! Fresh fiction includes a novel excerpt by Beth Ford. Essays include McCormick Observatory by Josh Urban. Book reviews, of course, and News from Hapsburg. Subscribe to paper, or get a free PDF by email, rivannareview@gmail.com
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Robert Boucheron retweetledi
@lesliepwriter I believe I am capable of love, though I write literary fiction, but who is worthy of this rare gift?
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I think I'm supposed to say no??
Divya Maniar@divyalymaniar
do you believe you are capable of love even though you write literary fiction
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Rivanna Review, Issue 13 is in the mail, and some have already received their copy. You can too! To know how, visit rivannareview.com
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@emeek Both are correct, but I prefer the long drawn out, open-ended, spacious one.
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The past few nights, I read Patriotic Gore, by Edmund Wilson (pictured) Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War. Francis Grierson is in there, a mysterious figure who was a piano performer in Europe and the author of several books, one on Paris luminaries of his day.
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You can read Rivanna Review the old-fashioned way, in print four times a year. Or you can get a PDF subscription. Email rivannareview@gmail.com
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Over the weekend, I read some stories by John O'Hara. They hold their own with stories by Cheever, Fitzgerald, and Updike. "The Doctor's Son," about the influenza epidemic of 1918, had eerie overtones of the pandemic a century later.
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The Vindicator, the weekly newspaper in Hapsburg, Virginia, reports events exactly as they happened. You can read the real news in rivannareview.com
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Buddy, if pushing back against stereotypes is the primary goal of your work, you aren't into art. You're into marketing.
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2nd Act Books on Main Street in Charlottesville will again host a publication party for Rivanna Review, Issue 13 on August 31, 5-6 PM. rivannareview.com
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